Who was Stan Lee and why he was famous ?

Film adaptations based on the series that Lee cocreated were highly successful.

HE WROTE TRAINING FILMS FOR THE ARMY WITH DR. SEUSS.
After being transferred from the army’s Signal Corps in New Jersey, Lee worked as a playwright in the Training Film Division in Queens with eight other men, including a few who went on to be very famous: Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Saroyan, cartoonist Charles Addams (creator of The Addams Family), director Frank Capra (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington [1939] and It’s a Wonderful Life [1946]) and Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.

X-Men (2000) and Spider-Man (2002) launched blockbuster franchises that earned billions of dollars in box-office revenue worldwide

HE DEFIED THE COMICS CODE AUTHORITY WITH AN ANTI-DRUG COMIC.
In 1971, Lee received a letter from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare asking him to put an anti-drug message in one of his books.

Other Lee creations to receive the Hollywood treatment were Daredevil (2003), Hulk (2003), and Iron Man (2008).

He came up with a Spider-Man story that involved his best friend Harry abusing pills because of a break-up. The CCA would not approve the story with their seal because of the mention of drugs, but Lee convinced his publisher, Martin Goodman, to run the comic anyway.

Lee was often featured in cameo roles in those films, a tradition that continued after Disney purchased Marvel in 2009.

A flood of Marvel films followed the purchase, including those based on Lee-Kirby creations such as Thor (2011), the Avengers (2012), and Ant-Man (2015).

AN ISSUE AT THE PRINTERS TURNED THE HULK GREEN.
The character was supposed to be gray, but according to Lee, the printer had a hard time keeping the color consistent. “So as of issue #2,” Lee wrote, “with no explanation, he turned green.”

In November 2002 Lee filed a $10 million lawsuit against Marvel after failing to receive any profits from the first Spider-Man movie, and in 2005 the court ruled in favour of Lee.

HIS WIFE DESTROYED HIS PRIZED TYPEWRITER.
According to Lee, during an argument, Joanie destroyed the typewriter he used to write the first issues for characters including Spider-Man and The Fantastic Four. “This happened before eBay," he wrote. "Too bad. I could’ve auctioned the parts and made a mint.”

A FIRE DESTROYED HIS INTERVIEWS AND LECTURES.
When Lee moved his family to Los Angeles, he set up a studio in Van Nuys where he stored videotapes of his talks and interviews, along with a commissioned bust of his wife

In addition to his work in other media, Lee wrote books on comics and on his own life.

His published works include Origins of Marvel Comics (1974), Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee (2002), and Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book (2003).

The building was lost to a blaze that the fire department believed was arson, but no one was ever charged with the crime.

In 2008 he was awarded a National Medal of Arts.

HIS FAVORITE MARVEL FILM CAMEO WAS BASED ON ONE FROM THE COMICS.
Beginning with the first Spider-Man film in 2002, Stan Lee has made quick cameos in Marvel films as a service to the fans.

Stan Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber on Dec. 28, 1922 in New York City.

Lee grew up in Manhattan with his mother Celia and father Jack, who were Romanian-born Jewish immigrants.

Lee has one younger brother, comic book artist and writer Larry Lieber. Larry is also a co-creator of the Marvel Comics superheroes Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man and was an artist for the Amazing Spider-Man syndicated newspaper strip.

Growing up after the First World War and during the early part of the Great Depression, Lee has memories of his parents fighting over their struggles to get by.

His mother, Celia Lieber, encouraged his love of reading and creativity.

Lee's favourite books as a child were titles by authors like Mark Twain, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.

His father had trouble finding stable employment, causing financial hardship for the family growing up. This instilled in Lee a strong work ethic

Growing up, he earned the nickname "Gabby" for his charm and tendency to chat up a storm